Updated Tuesday Dec. 2

2025 NBA Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 30 NBA teams.

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Our NBA Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the current season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite NBA Power Rankings. A low opponent average ranking (opp avg) indicates a difficult schedule, whereas a high opponent average ranking suggests an easier schedule.

NBA Strength of Schedule Played

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
KingsSAC5-16
Pacific 24
11.91
2
Trail BlazersPOR8-12
Northwest 18
12.26
3
NetsBKN4-16
Atlantic 29
12.60
4
CelticsBOS11-9
Atlantic 13
13.04
5
BullsCHI9-11
Central 23
13.40
6
PelicansNO3-18
Southwest 28
13.45
7
MavericksDAL7-15
Southwest 22
13.53
8
MagicORL13-8
Southeast 5
13.79
9
HeatMIA14-7
Southeast 10
13.80
10
76ersPHI10-9
Atlantic 17
13.98
11
PacersIND4-17
Central 26
14.01
12
JazzUTAH7-13
Northwest 27
14.06
13
BucksMIL9-13
Central 20
14.24
14
GrizzliesMEM9-12
Southwest 19
14.33
15
RocketsHOU13-5
Southwest 2
14.43
16
ClippersLAC5-16
Pacific 21
14.67
17
WizardsWSH3-16
Southeast 30
14.68
18
HawksATL13-9
Southeast 12
14.90
19
WarriorsGS11-10
Pacific 15
14.91
20
CavaliersCLE13-9
Central 7
14.95
21
KnicksNY13-6
Atlantic 4
15.44
22
HornetsCHA6-15
Southeast 25
15.73
23
PistonsDET17-4
Central 6
15.82
24
SunsPHX13-9
Pacific 16
16.23
25
SpursSA13-6
Southwest 11
16.41
26
RaptorsTOR14-7
Atlantic 14
16.45
27
TimberwolvesMIN12-8
Northwest 9
16.70
28
NuggetsDEN14-6
Northwest 3
17.91
29
LakersLAL15-5
Pacific 8
17.97
30
ThunderOKC20-1
Northwest 1
18.65

NBA Strength of Schedule Remaining

Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
HornetsCHA6-15
Southeast 25
13.43
2
ThunderOKC20-1
Northwest 1
13.85
3
JazzUTAH7-13
Northwest 27
13.86
4
SunsPHX13-9
Pacific 16
14.08
5
SpursSA13-6
Southwest 11
14.25
6
PacersIND4-17
Central 26
14.27
7
NetsBKN4-16
Atlantic 29
14.29
8
NuggetsDEN14-6
Northwest 3
14.37
9
PelicansNO3-18
Southwest 28
14.48
10
76ersPHI10-9
Atlantic 17
14.52
11
RaptorsTOR14-7
Atlantic 14
14.53
12
BullsCHI9-11
Central 23
14.56
13
HawksATL13-9
Southeast 12
14.57
14
LakersLAL15-5
Pacific 8
14.63
15
MavericksDAL7-15
Southwest 22
14.63
16
BucksMIL9-13
Central 20
14.67
17
WarriorsGS11-10
Pacific 15
14.67
18
GrizzliesMEM9-12
Southwest 19
14.74
19
TimberwolvesMIN12-8
Northwest 9
14.79
20
ClippersLAC5-16
Pacific 21
14.86
21
HeatMIA14-7
Southeast 10
14.94
22
PistonsDET17-4
Central 6
14.94
23
CavaliersCLE13-9
Central 7
14.97
24
MagicORL13-8
Southeast 5
15.14
25
WizardsWSH3-16
Southeast 30
15.21
26
Trail BlazersPOR8-12
Northwest 18
15.29
27
CelticsBOS11-9
Atlantic 13
15.33
28
KingsSAC5-16
Pacific 24
15.45
29
KnicksNY13-6
Atlantic 4
15.54
30
RocketsHOU13-5
Southwest 2
16.26